diff --git a/openerp/tools/yaml_import.py b/openerp/tools/yaml_import.py
index a2c4426595a..488a188f4e5 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/yaml_import.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/yaml_import.py
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ class YamlInterpreter(object):
             if node.use:
                 value = [inst[node.use] for inst in instances]
             else:
-                value = instance.ids
+                value = instances.ids
         elif node.id:
             if field and field.type == 'reference':
                 record = self.get_record(node.id)